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TIL New Mexico has an official state cowboy song; "Under New Mexico Skies"

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dDwQZ TIL In 2013, the first artificially reproduced human tooth was created in China. Scientists were able to create the tooth using epithelial cells extracted from human urine.
JEv8 TIL that Charles Lindbergh was a serial adulterer who fathered 2 children with his wife’s sister.
Meryb Today I learned Jennifer Jason Leigh's father was an actor who was killed, along with two child actors, in a horrific helicopter accident while filming a Twilight Zone episode.
xa4o TIL giraffes graze against the wind because acacia trees react by releasing tannins which taste bad and inhibit digestion. This creates a chemical signal that prompts trees downwind to do the same.
jNDXa TIL Disney employs the use of sentinel chickens to determine if the mosquito population in the area is carrying any diseases